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This collection (nine items) consists of Alexander S. Pendleton's Civil War papers, including:

• Military orders and dispatches directed to General Richard S. Ewell and others
• A note from Pendleton to his father concerning the death of General Stonewall Jackson in May 1863
• A request for a leave of absence
• Correspondence

The John J. Clarke Civil War papers consist of documents, including commissions, military orders, correspondence, and dispatches that relate to activities in and around Charleston, South Carolina during the period of 1864 to 1865. One letter (dated February 4, 1865) to Colonel Clarke from Headquarters discusses proposed training of African-American troops in the Confederate States of America Corps of Engineers.

The John E. Roller papers include:

• Civil War era letters from cadet friends concerning life at VMI
• Civil War dispatches and telegrams that date from Roller's service with the Confederate States of America engineers, including one document signed by General Robert E. Lee
• One scrapbook (circa 1910) that contains clippings about Civil War battles, veterans, unit reunions, monument dedications, and other related information
• Two photographs, one of Confederate soldier Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T. Walker (10th Virginia Infantry Regiment) and one of the Virginia Legislature Centennial Committee (1871)
• Holograph text of a cadet literary-debating society speech delivered by Cadet Norwood B. Randolph in 1870
• Other items

This collection consists of the papers (21 items) of 19th century VMI faculty member William Gilham, including:

• Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy (June 1841)
• A VMI weekly class report (circa 1860)
• A dispatch signed by General Robert E. Lee
• Correspondence, including a letter from Moses Ezekiel (VMI Class of 1866)
• Photographs where the subjects are Robert E. Lee, Gilham and his wife, Libby Prison, and Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War
• Invitations to social events in Lexington, Virginia from the McDowell Family

This collection consists of seven documents related to John C. Breckinridge. Items include one military dispatch (October 1862), financial receipts, and a list of names with addresses. Receipts are labeled "contents of J. C. Breckinridge's purse."

This collection consists of papers (8 items), primarily post-Civil War, of Confederate General Jubal A. Early.

This collection includes papers (four items) of Richard S. Ewell, including:

• A letter (dated June 17, 1838) written while Ewell was a cadet at West Point to Benjamin S. Ewell of York, Pennsylvania
• Two Civil War dispatches (dated 1862 and 1864)
• A map of the Cedar Mountain, Virignia battlefield drawn by Ewell

The Stonewall Jackson papers consist primarily of the personal papers of Civil War General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863). The bulk of the letters date from the pre-Civil War period and concern professional, personal, and domestic matters, including many in which Jackson writes about his religious faith, his concerns about health and diet, and his family.

This collection (4 item) consists of documents related to Walter H. Taylor, including:

• A letter (dated 24 October 24, 1864) from Taylor to "Lucien" (surname not known). In the letter Taylor declines his friend's invitation to his wedding, stating that his service as General Robert E. Lee's Adjutant General prevents him from taking any leave.
• A military order (dated August 23, 1864) that regards furloughs.
• A dispatch (February 28, 1865) from Briscoe Baldwin to Taylor that regards an officer's assignment.
• A contemporary copy of a letter (dated April 5, 1854) from Taylor's father to VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith. This letter requests a cadetship for his son.